Technology, trading and research

Providing our wealth managers with leading tools and technology that will integrate seamlessly into their offering, so our wealth managers can spend less time on manual processes and more time focusing on their clients.

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Raymond James Portal™

The Raymond James Portal™ is our proprietary technology platform.

Our proprietary technology platform

Enabling you to:

View your clients’ holdings and activate clients for Client Access – our online reporting tool
Extract data downloads into the Morningstar Adviser Workstation™, as well as back office systems such as Intelliflo, Prestwood, Avelo Adviser Office and Plum
View and administer the BNY Pershing cash account, as well as manage and approve client fees and charges
Get access to guidance, forms, product availability, marketing materials, procedures, policies, training tools and much more

The Raymond James Portal™ is easy to navigate with its search facility, A-Z index and intuitive menu-driven content. For assistance with access to the Raymond James Portal™, please contact the wealth manager support team.

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Raymond James trading & rebalancing system

The model comparison tool provides a graphical representation of portfolio positions against agreed tolerances, allowing wealth managers to rebalance at optimal times. Wealth managers can maintain their own trading preferences, giving them more control over their trading process and better equipping them to manage their clients’ investments and to manage risk.

The Raymond James trading and rebalancing system provides:

Systems integration

As an integrated technology solution, you’ll access all trading functionality within the Raymond James Portal, eliminating the need to log in to a separate trading system

Simplified trading process

No matter how you prefer to enter trades, the Raymond James trading system enables creation in an intuitive way, with minimal keystrokes

Visibility of trade charges and commissions

To help you better understand the costs associated with trades, trade charges are calculated and displayed, wherever possible

Visual model comparison

In addition to the current standard tabular views, there will be more graphical model comparison tools, making it easier to view portfolio drifts

Ability to add your own trade restrictions

Take control of your trading process by setting up and maintaining your own trade restrictions within your office.

Relationship management

Research

Access to a wide range of research resources covering macro-economic and strategic views as well as equity research and fund selection tools.

Fund selection and market data tools

As part of our research solution, you have access to fund analytics and market data tools, available at a discounted rate and designed to assist you as you construct your clients’ portfolios.

For collectives, including ETFs, funds and investment trusts, we offer discounted access to Morningstar Adviser Workstation™. You can also subscribe to a data feed of client holdings via Morningstar’s system to enable you to view portfolios and run reports from the Adviser Workstation, alongside discounted access to FE Analytics.

Client-approved market commentary and investment strategy

Pre-approved market commentary written by our in-house economists, strategists and the Raymond James global Investment Committee, as well as our European Strategist, is available on a regular basis. You can use these communication tools to engage with clients, post content to your website and share via social media.

Wealth managers also have access to Raymond James’ European Strategist Jeremy Batstone-Carr via a weekly conference call and quarterly interactive lunch sessions for an opportunity to challenge the content, ask questions, and feed what you learn into your investment committee decisions.

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Our MiFID II compliant research solution: Red Deer*

With the implementation of MIFiD II in January 2018 bringing about significant changes to the way research is accessed, we’ve partnered with Red Deer, a third-party research aggregator platform to help your business stay compliant and continue to benefit from an array of research.
This includes direct equity research from 10 research houses covering UK, European and US equities, investment trusts, fixed interest and strategies.
You’ll have access to:

Raymond James’ award winning equity research. Raymond James and its affiliates in Canada and Europe employ more than 80 research analysts who cover 1,000+ companies in nine highly focused industries: Consumer, Energy, Financial Services, Healthcare, Industrial, Mining and Natural Resources, Real Estate, Technology and Communications, and Transportation. We’re a top provider of equity research in both North America and Europe in terms of companies covered. Around 140 of the companies covered are in the UK and Europe. You can also have face time with the Raymond James analysts through our Analyst Lunches helf throughout the year.
Raymond James economic and investment strategy research from Raymond James’ Chief Investment Officer Larry Adam, Chief Economist Eugenio J. Alemán and European Strategist Jeremy Batstone-Carr.
Global equity, economic and strategy research written by other top-tier, third-party investment banks as well as niche providers.
Daily morning research notes plus ideas and gilt yield sheets from various providers.
ESG and SRI research through access to Ethical Screening a filterable database with access to over 180 ESG and SRI funds and more than 700 global direct equities. The website includes questionnaires to help establish a client’s ethical preferences for funds and individual global companies and allows you to build and monitor ESG and SRI models as well as providing regular updates on relevant market news in the sector.

Research capabilities

Wide range of investment and account choice

We strive to be the first choice for wealth managers and your clients by demonstrating superior standards of quality and service to you and investors. We’re committed to providing a broad range of investment products, tax wrappers, exceptional support and integrated client solutions – along with expertise and support from Raymond James teams, to help you build your practice and meet the evolving needs of your clients.

Investments

We offer access to most asset classes, including:

Equities, Bonds, Investment Trusts and ETFs traded on all major markets. It is important to note that Raymond James is an LSE member firm with direct market access.
RDR share classes and/or institutional share classes of funds. Until all retail share classes are converted, we will hold legacy retail funds.
Alternative investments including hedge funds, property funds, commodity funds, private equity funds and structured products.

Tax wrappers

We provide access to a broad range, including:

ISAs, managed by Raymond James.
Pension wrappers, offered by 60+ pension administrators, including SIPPs, SSASs as well as solutions that allow for protected rights and Section 32 assets to be managed by the wealth manager.
Offshore portfolio bond wrappers.